ukraine or at least the country's capital kiev has descended into chaos protests have turned extremely violent and the social order is on the verge of collapse to what degree do protesters in kiev represent the ukrainian people what do these protesters believe in and what do they really want is ukraine on the path to nowhere. i would rather as questions to people in positions of power instead of speaking on their behalf and that's why you can find my show larry king now right here on our t.v. question more. hello and welcome to crossfire all things are considered i'm peter lavelle ukraine or at least the country's capital care has descended into chaos protests have turned extremely violent and the social order is on the verge of collapse to what degree do protesters in kiev represent the ukrainian people what do these protesters believe in and what do they really want also there are accusations of outside meddling is ukraine on the path to nowhere. to cross talk of ants in ukraine i'm joined by my guest alexander maturity and london he is a legal writer and an analyst in moscow we have

as you said ukraine has introduced changes into our agenda ukraine has not introduced it changes into the agenda and indeed we have a lot of attention to the issue of the eastern partnership in general and in this regard in this context we also talked about ukraine as one of the countries that is in gauged in the negotiations of this project. the first part of the hearing secondly we always look at the problems that we face so. if you doubt our unfortunately. we have been outstanding for a while and these are very important problems usually today we have been saying that the european union is a applying and to dumping measures in the chemical industry etc based on. their assumption that we have unfair gas policies we feel this is unfair this is exclusive demand from our european partners but these issues are technical we have a longstanding issue with a third energy package but again our turnover of trade is growing almost ten percent ago last year and this will be a record breaking level we corporation high tech in aviation in space we have specific important projects in this area we

in your state it is what it is everybody living in ukraine today was born in a country called ukraine and the way to resolve the crisis that they face is to have elections to create legitimate people having to wait for the money they keep having i'll surely slow them her into over and over again elect ok i mean you know this is a very social issues but it's a problem that's adjusted to solve our problems it doesn't solve problems it does solve problems because the striking fact the striking thing about the current set of protests is that it's not limited to the west you see them going on into the proper throats in persia and other cities as well in the north in kharkiv and elsewhere so it's simply not the case that this is the west rising up against the russian domination in the us it's people who are fed up with what they perceive to be a corrupt regime who's doing live very little to improve their living standards and people are taking the opportunity perhaps from the fact that the protests started with a different goal which was over the european union association but are using tha

well i think that can be exactly what has been characterized as happening in the ukraine in kiev for the last week i have family in laws in kiev and they're afraid to leave their houses right now because of what is happening it should be said that this is limited to the downtown section of the city and what we have are several thousand ultra nationalist. rioters because we can call them rioters we can call them terrorists we call them insurgents at this point but one thing is sure is not this has nothing to do with democratic protest these people are attacking police with chain weapons and cocktails. bombs pyrotechnics there have been stabbings of police they have been building trebuchets and using bosun arrows and morningstar as we see an absolute medievalism level of violence coming from these people. several thousand people that are being cheered on and facilitated by the slightly larger crowds on the my done. are. right now engaged on street which is right up the street from them i don and there is no question anymore that this is a democratic protest even the mainstream oppositi

reporting from kiev in ukraine. well earlier i spoke to professor bruno address he's from the paris based national institute of civilisations he is skeptical about the deal between the opposition and the government and thinks it will come up against resistance from the more radical elements in the protest movement. more radical elements were used to make detention more and more acute and no. there is a compromise on that and a higher level of bugs you know you can do the same time i doubt that the extremist movement. agreed to go back home and dogs problems that would happen in kiev and the only western. only because their own so their bases are there so. i've got to really see but i don't want to get to meet you know to bring back stuff. well here we have a map of central kiev and the heart of the protest movement is now over on independence square known as my dad and where the opposition has been camped out now the fiercest clashes broke out earlier this week on a nearby street this very long street here now most

we naturally as also discuss ukraine. we express deep concern about escalation of violence casualties and reports of missing persons and violence against protesters and journalists. use of force is not the answer to the political situation guilfoyle it is need to engage in the sears eye level dialogue to position civil society and to repeal the laws approved by the rather restricting civic freedoms. i called present junk of which last week to pass these clear messages commission a fuller has traveled twice to the country in the last five days and how representative cathy ashton he's travelling to care for today. i think it is both in your opinion and russian interest to contribute to the stipulation of the situation based on the rule of law and respect of human rights no one stands to gain from absence of law order and freedom in this context i want to take note of today's decision by the father to repeal the sixteen of general laws restricting fundamental freedoms he's confirmed this together with your doctrine of amnest

, a democratic ukraine. by the name far right there goes ukrainian nationalism, which has its main thrust is building of a truly independent ukraine. a ukraine which would be a national democratic state and not a colony of russia come as ukrainian nationalists think. the move toward europe is a move toward democracy and away from the authoritarianism of russia and [indiscernible] severaluld unite authoritarian states. ukrainians do not want this. they want to be away from authoritarianism and they struggle for democracy now in ukraine. basically, ukraine is a frontline of democratic europe. the ukrainians are not only fighting for their own freedom, but they are fighting to stop authoritarianism to spread westward. >> stephen cohen, what is your take on what is happening in ukraine right now? >> well, it is not what anton shekhovtsov said. where to begin. can we begin at the beginning? ukraine,appening in what has been unfolding since november in the streets is probably the single most important internationa

breaking news this hour authorities are negotiating with rioters in ukraine who are trying to storm the convention center where some two hundred police officers are based that's following the opposition's rejection of president proposals aimed at quelling in the ongoing anti-government riots. this is two police officers kidnapped by writers in ukraine's capital have been released both were allegedly tortured as fears are mounting of radical protestors derailing the concessions of the authorities. and in other news up to twenty nine people were killed in the street clashes with security forces across egypt meanwhile a powerful explosion is reported outside a police building in the city of suez on the florida anniversary of the two thousand and eleven revolution. in broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is r t i'm sean thomas glad to have you with us forty's in ukraine are negotiating with rioters who have been trying to storm a convention center in kiev members of the country's special police force are inside that building the siege began shortly after leaders of the ukrainia

ukraine's prime minister resigned saying it's a sacrifice to stop the violent unrest but the opposition continues to call for mass protests until the president steps down to. the union is working on the question will be. brussels downgrades a summit with russia because of differences over the crisis in ukraine which is casting and long shadow over the talks. in just ten days the games begin in softies olympic park but as the host city prepares to get down to business there are still allegations in the media to deal with. those who do say that it was created to give the graves in the international media what do you know . one senior member of the international olympic committee says his remarks on corruption and saw were taken out of context and used by the media to create headlines. you're watching are to international live from our moscow studios i'm lindsey france thanks for joining me ukraine's prime minister has resigned and what he says is part of an attempt to find a peaceful solution to the country's political deadlock the parliament is now reviewing several other concessions mad

donetsk ukraine. well the rioting that's been engulfing care of has seen many western politicians wash their support with the u.s. also imposing sanctions against ukraine's politicians ukrainian affairs analyst. says that's exactly what the protesters have been aiming for. they're trying to force the issue this is this is your typical extortion tactic the whole point is to force the government to react the whole point is to force another police forces to confront the protesters and then scream bloody murder oh my god they're killing us they're oppressing us please help look what's happening help us foreign intervention and so on and so forth it is a very basic tactic from the rebellion playbook being implemented throughout the world in georgia and elsewhere in the ukraine in two thousand and four of all things so i think the protesters are trying to make a point that verda ones that decide what gets done and who initiates the violence as evidenced by mr klitschko statement that we will hold him to liv

it was led by people who basically wanted ukraine to turn towards the e.u. now we're seeing a completely different picture radicals destroying the capital and calling for revolution how did it come to that. you're absolutely right and let me tell you that it is an extremely difficult for me to comment on that because i am not only a russian citizen but made to be ukrainian and believe me for me what happened in the last three days. surprise i could have never imagined that such things can ever happen in ukraine which proves that it's all or it's compression. compromise so deal this week they was a belief and i share the belief that your great improve just north that violent the very phrase that character what we've seen these days is. this is really suffering we would have very very to do this really is a subject of very big concern for all of us yeah of course and sergei of course we all sharing your believes a nonviolent. come out of this situation but for some time actually ukraine's authorities have been accused of corruption but don't you think that peo

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reporting from kiev in ukraine. and there will be bring you more on the latest developments there in ukraine and president yannick overages bombshell decision to change the constitution to turn ukraine into a parliamentary presidential republic he also offered one of the opposition leaders arseniy yatsenyuk the job of prime minister one another main opposition figure the boxer turned politician vitaly klitschko may become deputy prime minister in a covert has also promised an amnesty to all those taking part in the protests on the condition if they leave occupied governmental buildings when after several rounds of talks the leadership and the opposition have finally agreed to clear the streets of kiev protesters camped out in the center of the capital and police are supposed to leave now there's still no reaction from those in kiev those in the streets to these latest announcements you can see live pictures now from one of the main streets of street right now and that's where much of the violence over the past few d

reporting from kiev in ukraine. ukraine's leader has said he's ready to have further talks with the opposition and you can head to r.t. dot com to find out more about that also online we're providing minute by minute updates on the situation and reporting on the improvised weaponry being used by a street mobs against police offices. a fourth explosion has rocked the egyptian capital killing one person that comes just hours after a series of deadly blasts shook leaving five people dead and injuring dozens more an islamic extremist group has admitted to carrying out the attack on the police building and most reporters of egypt's ousted president mohamed morsy a clashing with security forces in cairo and other cities across the country two people have reportedly been killed in the unrest and this comes just before the third anniversary of egypt's two thousand and eleven revolution that toppled the country's longtime leader hosni mubarak era based journalist hugh miles says the government faces a huge challenge to keep

alexi research ski odyssey reporting from kiev ukraine. in kiev almost a thousand people who took part in the riots earlier this week are being investigated for a links was radical groups had to our website r t a call to find out more about that and also online today we're providing minute by minute dates on the situation and reporting on the improvised weaponry being used by street mobs against police officers. we go she asians between syria's warring factions have been postponed with a report saying the opposition delegation is refusing direct dialogue with the regime is demanding our written commitments to the geneva one communique calling for a transitional government meanwhile the un a mediator in syria has met with a government delegation and it's warning that it will leave switzerland on saturday unless progress is made your viscount has the latest from the geneva two peace conference. the talks were supposed to officially start at eleven am with the both the authorities and the opposition sitting down at the same table and formally

these people are among nearly three hundred thousand ethnic poles in ukraine. they have ethnic passports. many of them fear their government could make a bad decision that would chain them to russia. >> leaving is out of the question. we cannot just drop everything and go. i would really like to finally live in europe with my husband and daughter, but i hope i do not have to flee ukraine to do that. >> my grandfather always said that it mustn't come to the point where they have to seek our polish bones all over the world. this used to be poland. that's why i remain here as a pole. i am protecting what the ukrainians have not destroyed yet. >> there have been demonstrations here, too. on some afternoons, 20,000 people show up to call for ukraine to orient itself towards the west. no one here favors a customs union with russia. >> shame on putin. he will not let us join the european union. >> moscow wants to force us back to the soviet union, back to the stone age, but we are a modern people. we want to be part of europe. >> the next morning at 6:00 a.m., we are

or ukraine or start to construct anything the ukraine they should clearly separate themselves from these kind of people because these people are not european they are not ukrainian they're in fact unacceptable in any society and it's a shame that the us shutting its eyes on that and that the huge i would say the majority of european press pretends not to notice it john the press pretends not to notice it again these are i mean diem is a very good historian i know him very very well and he knows his history well here and i see these posters also i hear these chants and it sends you know i get my hair stands up in the back of my head is that i can't believe in two thousand and fourteen someone is marching in the streets of ukraine saying these things with torture swear to a lie to torture just like fascists did in one thousand so if you know and i mean. we had a big demonstration in paris on sunday and the interior minister condemned the demonstrators as right wing and extreme right wing and yet the idea that any of them would for example hold up a portrait of marshal peten is completely i

the crt donates ukraine. things are developing rapidly in ukraine but you can keep track of all of the updates via our timeline on our t dot com after the break we will take a look at other stories including the latest from geneva to syrian peace talks eye the and. that was on and maybe also reflected in his massive surveillance operation that is going on when we are talking about running against terrorism ultimately i think this is the womb is a catch twenty two died because you don't want to program a way to saving people and creating a safe environment. the same time. no i truly believe that we all have rights and freedom i believe we shouldn't be so veiled accept that the doors. stories. you can do. changing the world likes. eight years. the us welcome back to watching the weekly year on rte the syrian government and opposition have struck a deal that will let civilians that leave the city of homes parts of which are held by rebels. the announcement came after two days of talks mediated by international e

we're not talking evokes a scene from ukraine yet. we were talking about restoring constitutional order. but we would never accept any orders from the legitimate parties the power created as the mind on. for a better understanding of what exactly happening in ukraine in terms of its territory without this map will we hear the words of the country marked in yellow are the ones where the local administrations have already been dealt with only the red ones on the contested territories that pink ones all with wyatt's and mass uprisings the still taking place on the below once when nothing is happening at all there's no revolt no uprising at all you can see free stuff this is pretty much the fifty fifty division storm antagonism between the two sides of the country have great concerns which had previously seemed unthinkable that ukraine lethal yugoslavia scenario and break apart any sort off the splits in the area. we shed could happen within the next weeks of these mosman is quiet and it's quite possible the coast the government would hav

donetsk eastern ukraine. and with the justice ministry in kiev still blockaded opposition leaders have the common cause movement which is responsible for the takeover this whole process defines began over the ukrainian president's refusal to sign a partnership deal with the and almost see dot com where running a pull to get your opinions on whether the current riots in ukraine and here's how the answers are shaping out so far almost say the rest will scare any european partners away that about a quarter b.s.a. the rioters will manage to force elections about seventeen percent of you say a peaceful deal will be struck between the opposition and the president and just nine percent of you the minority have you believe president will give then and sign a deal with the you can go to to have your say and also international is keeping you up to date with events in kiev twenty seven and on our website. the police who cries and resulting turmoil in ukraine have constant shadow over a russia summit taking place today a

call between the president of ukraine. the president of the european union but also which was to put also expressed his deep concern about the situation there was unfolding here in ukraine and said apparently this well if action wasn't taken to rectify this then the e.u. would be looking to try and step in and see what they could do he didn't elaborate on what he meant by that and what he what he thinks that the e.u. could do in this situation in regards to the response from for misty on a covert she said that a state of emergency wouldn't be declared here in ukraine and that we wouldn't be seeing the military becoming involved in this now he went on further to say that a special session of the ukrainian parliament would be scheduled for next week in which they would be discussing the possibility of of new elections they would also be discussing the. the repealing of all how they would go about repealing new laws new measures that were brought in to try and tackle the violence that we've seen on the streets here now with r

ukraine's lawmakers roll back most anti protest laws while the country's prime minister hands in his resignation but the opposition protesters stay put in their camps and valen to carry on into the president goes. european union is working very childish on the question will be. some of the split over ukraine sees brussels scaling back and russia's summit to a meeting of just a few hours some political analysts say europe should grow up. at saatchi's olympic park is about to throw open its doors for the games a flow of allegations from the world's media continue to flood the host city. for sure to say good things for you create good be great proceed in the international media for what the user mode most north a senior member of the international olympic committee claims the media used his remarks on corruption in softly out of context to cause a sensation. you're watching r t international live from our moscow studios islands in france thanks for joining me. ukraine's parliament has voted to cancel most of the anti protest laws that triggered two weeks of rioting in kiev that's as the

donetsk eastern ukraine. and with the justice ministry in kiev still located opposition leaders have designs on the common cause movement which is responsible for they take over this whole process to france began over in the ukrainian presidency were because of the ukrainian president to freeze or to sign a partnership deal with the e.u. and on aussie dot com we're running a poll to get your opinions on where the current riots are leading ukraine and here's how the answers are shaping up so far and almost half of our viewers say that rest will scare any european partners away a quarter of you say the rises will manage to force elections nineteen percent say a peaceful deal will be strung between the opposition and the president and only eleven percent believe president unocal which will give in and sign a deal with the you can always log on to r.t. of call and have your say. the political crisis and resulting turmoil in ukraine have constant shadow over a russia e.u. summit taking place today moscow and bruss

i am not sure ukraine needs intermediaries. if they do, they can ask for them, but i think the more intermediaries there are, the more problems there are. >> in the subzero of kids independent square this evening, a game of chess. the protesters here believe they can topple the president and that they have the patience to wait it out. yet.isn't over matthew price, bbc news, kiev. more on what is going on in ukraine, i spoke with matthew . the last time we spoke, you suggested it was overly simplistic to see the ukrainian situation in the context of the cold war, but after today with putin criticizing the europeans increasingly it does seem like the east and the west are battling it out for influence in the ukraine. >> there is definitely an international level on which the scenario is playing out. there is also a domestic level. the problem is for the past 20 years, the solution has been in the hands of the ukrainian people. the fact that the government reached out to moscow for support so they could continue to survive until t

when ukraine became a democracy in the shape of 21 minutes. plus on top of that was this incredible anger. far greater than the 1990's which was already bad enough. in effect, most ukrainians believe al capone is running the country, not a corrupt politician of say -- that's the way it is put to me by ukrainians, they do believe these guys have gone way too far, now, if you add to that the blood shut that has happened this week, none of those protestors, i am sure, believe that victor has a future in the ukraine. and that's the problem that he has today. he is supposed to be a president under the constitution, who guaranteed ukraine's democratic rights. well, he gave that away last thursday when he signed those draconian laws into power. >> let me try again to speak to anna lee in kiev. i know you are in a very noisy place, so i will hope you can hear me. is there a sense in the crowd that they are starting to at least be heard by the leaders of the country? the truce ended and they were not pushed out by police. the president has met the lead

else of ukraine we should. defend. legally t. of democracy and not backing this movement some of them are very provocative. imagine but some opposition leader declared but they would create a war against russia over i've said but this should become a kind of two year in order to create a situation of very strong tension between the different parts of the country so just defend the legality varies a president we have to do to push. back. we're told between the opposition and the president but as i told you present has been elected again brian thanks for your thoughts mr merrick shiprock foreign affairs adviser to the leader of the national front. thank you opposition leader metallic klitschko was booed as he publicly announced the results of talks with the government the boxer turned politician hasn't exactly been getting universal support from the protesters earlier this week he was sprayed by a fire extinguisher while trying to calm the rioting the opposition appears deeply fractured with many protesters being firmly against any

and from the ukraine, the executive director of the national minorities of the ukraine. ambassador, let me start with you. you heard our reporter in the square mention that over time, the demonstrators have upped their demands, and they have seen the possibility for getting a greater prize. did yanukovych miss an opportunity. and does he continue to miss them? >> i'm not sure that the protesters have upped their demands. in the very first days of late november, people in the square were calling for the president yanukovych to step down, and they are doing it again now. i'm not sure that those demands are realistic. i think that there are many steps that mr. yanukovych has to take to try to quell the arrests. but it's unlikely that he will step down there power. what we have seen over the past two months is a regularly handheld effort by mr. yanukovych to per wad persue protests from coming off the square without giving them anything, and that's why they have not gone away. he thought that they would be pleased. and they're interested in a government that's not corrupt. i

and let's not get more on the situation in ukraine from. his a senior international relations lecturer and research from the moscow state university mr knox about us thank you very much for joining us here at the very nice to thank you for having me on wonderful ok the u.s. we know that the u.s. is revoking its phases over what they call violence towards protesters but what kind of violence how is saying that so what we're seeing that is that the riot police moving in and out and trying to take upon the barricades that. is not and that ok well what we're hearing from the united states and from the european union is of course the most cynical hypocrisy after the last few years of the brutal police repression of the occupy wall street movement in the united states and the anti neoliberal austerity diktats that have been instituted around the european union which brought literally tens of millions of protesters out onto the street. them calling against violence in the ukraine where the majority of the injuries for the past few days have been f

atalanta governor riders day again and ukraine's justice ministry ignoring opposition leader is pleased to meet the scene threatens communications with the government's with a state of emergency to me. all for most this year and he stops and move toward a lamb trapped civilians. i'll be in battles and to get humanitarian aid and. british rowers who are too bored for the ballot has only one in the young people saying they'll be bothered to turn out for the next election. a new. he whined for my skill hungry the junction. welcome to the program. bonfires barricades and down the pavements that's how you phrase capital looks after almost two weeks of unrelenting violence. right now you're looking at the latest pictures coming from the ukrainian capital kiev printing company rioters are entrenched and the justice ministry building refusing to budge even despite fellow opposition leaders police. while about sixty radical activists from the movement known as common cause storm the ministry at night smashing windows with clubs and metal bars opposition leader that i could go tried to calm down

we are working with our partners the government of ukraine. drift the concerns. that i literally just. the efforts. working with president. to try to achieve you know move in this direction in the next days we will stand with the people of ukraine. so there you heard john kerry saying the u.s. will stand with the people of ukraine similar in fact more strongly worded a reaction here in washington on capitol hill we saw a joint statement from a bipartisan group of senators led by john mccain also pinning the blame directly on the government of ukraine now in that statement they had expressed what they called regret that some protesters have resorted to violent measures but said that and i quote the responsibility for the growing political crisis lies squarely with the governments quote heavy handed tactics and undemocratic actions that was the joint statement from lawmakers here now the white house this week again threatened sanctions it does seem that washington is hoping not to actually resort to taking that step quite yet really waiting to see what steps the go

he wants to visit ukraine with his parents what direction with ukraine take. and its people still dream of a place in the european union. maybe by twenty twenty four. well and has benefited tremendously from eu member states. i was left its mark on the year in many ways too. this saturday outside the european parliament in brussels is caught this on and on our system not named after the independent thinks kenyan back straight opponents of the race and from communist rule. the announcement of the eu ten years ago was not a success with the new member takes hikers many a tear ducts by taunting the year the mediterranean island which finally overcome its intended use in box piece that still has to be safeguarded by un soldiers it's quiet along the buffer zone. the un controls don't have much to do along the demarcation line that separates the northern and southern parts of the island to the north. heavily armed turkish forces to watch over the no man's land. the buffer zone ranges in width from a couple of kilometers to a few meters. forty years there's been no m

but we've seen is groups of demonstrators and rioters in there across ukraine trying to. occupy or demonstrate outside all government buildings now in the in the cities. and. we have seen the the main. local ministration buildings being occupied by demonstrators now i was looking online and on twitter of accounts of thousands of people involved also we've seen it on the the local news here as well that there scenes from then it's not just those two cities in the west of ukraine we're also hearing out there of government offices being besieged all the at least the scenes of demonstrations so certainly the unrest in ukraine not limited to to the capital here in kiev that we are hearing from the government side that they are all ready to consider repealing or at least toning down the new measures new laws that were brought in to tackle the violence here in kiev and we've also heard from the prime minister mr assad of who said that. he was he was ready to resign and his whole cabinet resign if the parliament here in ukraine decided they weren't up to the job now that's one of

reaction to what's happening in the ukraine i'm joined by our captain i was. so white house press secretary jay carney addressed the rioting in kiev at the white house press conference this morning so talk to me a little bit about what the u.s. response has been so far since all of this is really gone down but that hasn't really been much of a change in the u.s. response throughout the course of this crisis basically with washington again today threatening sanctions against ukraine if the violence there escalates the spokesman jay carney did praise the ukrainian president's decision to meet again with the protesters but he did basically pin the blame on the current crisis on the government saying that the president there has basically failed to address what he called the legitimate concerns of the protesters now on the sanctions no firm decision just yet it does seem that washington is sort of hoping to basically wait it out not really resort to taking that step really hoping that in a coach will make some moves perhaps to calm the crisis down but it's not all

reporting from kiev ukraine. ukraine's leader has said he's ready for further talks with the opposition had to r.t. dot com to find out more about that development and also online we're providing minute by minute updates on the situation and reporting on the improvised weaponry being used by street mobs against police officers. a fourth explosion has rocked the egyptian capital killing one person that comes just hours after a series of deadly blasts shook her leaving five people dead and injuring dozens more well let's now go live to our correspondent who is in cairo. what is the latest on these attacks please. the latest as you say is that five or perhaps six people have died in explosions that took place today the first and deadliest of these bombings killed four people outside a security building in the north of the capital and shattered windows hundreds of meters away from the site of the explosion this latest bombing appeared to target a police convoy outside a cinema in the west of the capital and today's b

we also heard earlier from the prime minister of ukraine who said that all those writing in the central kiev are considered to be terrorists and we also heard from the some of the officials from behind the barricades from the police lines who've been saying that. they will use force if needed and this is the case as we can see right now from our vantage point. the fear of the police are now in full in full swing this year the protesters who are still here feeling rocks and and more with the cocktails at them. we can see this literally maybe several hundred policemen. and. there will soon as we can hear banging their shields to give a proper psychological effect so that the protest is maybe more scared but now we can see there are no protesters remaining at the scene of the riots which has been the scene of the riot for the past four days already that's it the protesters have been pushed off from the governmental quarter several police lines and you see the one police line the other police line they're now securing the perimeter no major violence as we could see no. major violence from t

ukraine's president vows to do everything in his power to stop the turmoil sweeping his country announcing an amnesty for those detained in the kiev riots while in other cities crowds lay siege to official buildings. and as many protesters reject any negotiations with the leadership we look at the radical elements in the midst of the chaos seeking to escalate the situation. syria's warring factions agree for the first time to hold face to face talks after separate meetings with the united nations mediator at the geneva two peace conference we go live to geneva a little later. and in cairo a fourth bomb goes off bringing the day's death toll to at least six with thousands more injured ahead of the anniversary of the two thousand and eleven uprising our top stories this hour. this is r.t. international live from our studio center here in moscow which just turned ten pm and eight pm in kiev where the government is offering further concessions to calm the unrest with president at a covert pledging to free those arrested during the riots this week meanwhile protests are engulfing cities across

and the capital of ukraine has seen countless clashes between protesters and riot police. now attend ceasefire has been declared by opposition leaders negotiate with the government the latest from ukraine coming out. and the syrian peace talks have just grabbed a tear when spencer land what the two sides warring over us on to power in the country will the syrian government and rebels even be able to come to an agreement covering the war from switzerland later in the shower a fan. there's a january twenty third find him in washington d c i'm here to keep it pure watching our tea i begin to date with breaking news that the special healing and that was conducted by former government contractor edwards down and did a stunning gave a number of curious people out there the chance to have a conversation with an eye on freehand and spent some time the questions are very honest and zack's has been charting those questions and answers from our newsroom sand. a lot of people are dying to know what's the audience response is to present a brock obama speech he gave his last friday. we

they're the ones who are thinking that ukraine should be with europe they're saying that ukraine is you are it's european country and it should take it isn't so you take a step away from russia that's what a kind of started with now it's mostly against the government but you also have to understand the fact that this is the western ukraine that has that opinion people in the east are a lot more russia friendly they do not want to get away from russia they do not want to step away from russia they're much more closer to moscow then they are say to warsaw also i think it's important to underline the fact that just when i was in kiev all you had to do was walk about a kilometer away from the my down from the state from the independence square and you would be in a normal city where people go shopping people go to their gyms people go have a great time go to school go. work there were only upset over the over the protests because you have to be seven it's the major leagues he had his main thoroughfare that was blocked by the protests and still is by the way so you cannot imagine the tra

from kiev ukraine. now the new laws the causes such public anger in ukraine introduce harsher punishments for protests to discuss the matter is we're joined live by charles should bridge he's a security analyst and former british counterterrorism intelligence officer he's also a former london trained a right officer think it is for joining us but let's first take a look at how protests are dealt with in europe and north america well if you are found guilty of stirring a riot in britain you could find yourself in jail for up to ten years and ninety years if you hurled petrol bombs but in ukraine you would get just two years of vandalism in france from defacing statues to tearing up streets is punishable by seventy years behind bars by any of crane it'll get you locked up for just three years attempting or even encouraging your withrow of the united states government can get you thrown into a cell for up to twenty years and that's twice as much as in ukraine well finally don't hide your face at a rally in

in ukraine have european parliament member check he's in brussels and in belgrade. she's a writer on international affairs and and foreign affairs editor of the u.s. based chronicles magazine but we start off with you in brussels your parliamentary group has expressed full support and solidarity with the peaceful protesters in kiev so what do you make of the protests now that they have got extremely violent there. exactly we have expressed our support for peaceful demonstrations as we know for more than a months there were mainly peaceful demonstrations yes yesterday there was violence we strongly condemn the violence and i would also say it's a bit unfair about your t.v. is presenting to your viewers because you show violence you say this is the opposition opposition wants to overthrow the government and it's supported by the european union so it's not the way we don't suffer or die violently but we do support of course not only in ukraine not only in europe everybody in the world. has been very critical of. being very critical of him a covert chinese anti protest

reporting from kiev in ukraine. they ukrainian president has already agreed to dissolve the government and cancel the entier welling noles which was fueling the protests however a protest so that's still blocking central kiev and won him to step down save my arms as a former deputy chief of police in the us an expert in international police training he believes the crowds are actually being bold and by the tolerance of the authorities the videos that i have seen have shown a remarkable level of restraint basically rioters attacking the police and the police not even fighting back just holding the line and receiving the petrol bombs and the strikes from it look like everything from metal pipe to large sticks which is internationally very uncommon most police agencies will not stand there and basically become punching bags for rioters it's pretty clear that when the crowd is that confident that they can be on the police and have nothing happen that they don't fear the police intervention pretty clearly and when crowds

that a lot of what i think this unrest is spade for by the west to break ukraine is united states. are the ones that will see that i think more people are supporting the government but they're working and doing that instead of standing there on my down in addition to this demonstration there's some twenty cities in the east of the country that will today be holding pro-government rallies we're talking about tens of thousands of people who are expected to come to the streets now on the political level the latest word is that president coverage yesterday did agree to concessions and these include on the one hand retiring the head of the city's administration and at the same time reshuffling the cabinet but it doesn't seem as if these seemingly outward stretches of compromise are being met by the opposition. now the european commissioner for enlargement stefan fuel has called on ukraine to put an end to the violence on the heels of the is a visit to kiev brussels and washington are blaming a government for the chaos and threatening sanctions while largely viewing the protesters as pea